Croatian President Seeks to Shut
Radio Station Where He Started

By

Mark M. Nelson Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated July 25, 1996 12:01 a.m. ET

Croatian President Franjo Tudjman, who was imprisoned by the Communists for his nationalist leanings, got his political start seven years ago on Radio 101, the only Zagreb station that had the guts to air his views. Now that he's running the country, Mr. Tudjman and his cronies want to close it down.

Owned and run by a group of young, free-thinking journalists, Radio 101 has resolutely turned down an offer from members of the ruling party to buy a controlling interest. Now the government has threatened to auction off its...